McMahon is a seat in Western Sydney, covering substantial parts of Fairfield council as well as parts of Holroyd and Penrith councils. The seat is a renamed version of the seat of Prospect, which covered almost exactly the same area at the 2007 election. Prospect was a safe Labor seat ever since its creation in 1969, and McMahon is no different.
It is held by the ALP with a 13.8% margin, and should be safely won by sitting Member for Prospect Chris Bowen, who is Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law and Minister for Human Services in Kevin Rudd’s cabinet.
